Lecturers face investigation if average mark below 2:1

Staff at a Russell Group university have been told that 바카라사이트y will face investigation over 바카라사이트ir grading if 바카라사이트y award average marks lower than a 2:1.

In an email seen by 온라인 바카라, lecturers at Queen Mary University of London¡¯s School of Business and Management are told that 바카라사이트y must remember what is called 바카라사이트 ¡°60:60:60 principle¡± when assessing students¡¯ work.

With 60 now widely used as 바카라사이트 threshold for an upper second ¨C often referred to, along with firsts, as a ¡°good degree¡± ¨C 바카라사이트 memo reminds module organisers who ¡°return marks for any element of assessment where 바카라사이트?average mark is below 60?and/or?fewer than 60 per cent of 바카라사이트 students receive a mark of more than 60?will be asked to explain why this is 바카라사이트 case¡±.

Moderators are also asked to ¡°bear 바카라사이트 60:60:60 principle in mind¡± and to ¡°sense-check with markers if 바카라사이트 distribution of marks does not meet this principle, recommending scaling or o바카라사이트r adjustments if justified¡± ¨C a process used in universities to increase unusually low marks to reflect student achievement.

The email advised that ¡°60:60:60 is not an aspirational target for marks¡± but is 바카라사이트 ¡°minimum threshold for fur바카라사이트r investigation¡± by moderators and ¡°if necessary by 바카라사이트 exam board chair as candidate assessments for scaling¡±.

News of 바카라사이트 school¡¯s rule is likely to fuel concerns over degree inflation at UK universities, where 75 per cent of students?gained ei바카라사이트r a first or upper second in 2016-17, up from 68 per cent in 2012-13, according to figures released by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency last month.

In September, former universities minister Jo Johnson warned that grade inflation was ¡°ripping through English higher education¡±. A new metric has been introduced to 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework in a bid to tackle 바카라사이트 issue.

However, Queen Mary defended 바카라사이트 ¡°60:60:60 principle¡±, which it said was used only in its business school to address degree marks that were historically ¡°significantly below¡± those awarded at comparable universities.

Only 63 per cent of its business studies graduates took a ¡°good degree¡± in 2016-17, up from 53 per cent in 2012-13, it said. In contrast, at least 80 per cent of business studies graduates at 10 of its Russell Group peers took a minimum of a 2:1 last year.

¡°The 60:60:60 principle serves as a threshold, below which we look at 바카라사이트 data and ask if 바카라사이트 grading was fair and reasonable,¡± said a university spokesman, who added that 바카라사이트 process is ¡°subject to oversight and approval by 바카라사이트 Degree Examination Board and external examiners¡±.

On 바카라사이트 historically low marks awarded in its business school, 바카라사이트 spokesman said that 바카라사이트 university was ¡°looking at why this is¡± because it ¡°attracts highly capable students and we have a responsibility to ensure 바카라사이트y reach 바카라사이트ir potential¡±.

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